13 A wise son responds to his father’s discipline,
but a mocker doesn’t listen to rebuke.

⁶ A mocker seeks wisdom and doesn’t find it,
but knowledge comes easily to the perceptive.

¹² A mocker doesn’t love one who corrects him;^(A)
he will not consult the wise.

⁵ The one who mocks the poor insults his Maker,^(A)
and one who rejoices over calamity
will not go unpunished.^(B)

²⁵ Strike a mocker, and the inexperienced learn a lesson;^(A)
rebuke the discerning, and he gains knowledge.^(B)

²⁴ The proud and arrogant person, named “Mocker,”
acts with excessive pride.^(A)

¹⁰ Drive out a mocker,^(A) and conflict goes too;
then quarreling and dishonor will cease.^(B)